VANCOUVER, BC – According to a recent article in the Vancouver Courier, three new breweries will be opening in early 2013 in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. This is a fitting location for these new businesses, as a cluster of breweries – including Vancouver Breweries, pictured above – flourished along a river known as Brewery Creek that ran through the area during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Aiming for a February 2013 opening is Brassneck Brewery, with partners Nigel Springthorpe (co-owner of the Alibi Room) and Conrad Gmoser (ex-Steamworks) planning a neighbourhood brewery that is “akin to a gelato shop,” where customers can sample beer on-site in a 40-to-50 seat tasting room, and then purchase beer to go in 1 litre and 2 litre refillable growlers.